Freight car



Aug. 9, 1932.

w. F. K!ESE L, JR

FREIGHT CAR Filed March 7, 1931 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 I FIG: I.

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Aug. 9, 1932. w. F. KIESEL, JR

FRE I GHT G AB Filed March 7, 1931 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 IN VEN TOR:

ATTORNEYS.

' which heretofore and to reduce the labor ?atented 9, 1932 UNITEDSTATES WILLIAM F. KIESEL, 3B,

or HOLLIDAYSBUBG, rmmsnvmu.

rnnmn'r can Application filed March 7,

This invention has particular relation to freight cars and especially togondola cars, the invention being Characterized by the tovision of acorner member in the form an angular casting, one arm of which isadapted to serve as an end-post forming the terminus of a side truss,and the other arm 0 which is adapted for attachment to the car centersill to form an end sill thereon.

The primary object of the invention is to provide improved means at thecorner of a car for connecting the end of a side truss with the centerS111, and by making such connecting means in the form of an integralcasting, includin therein various parts ave constituted separate tolighten the car structure v involved in its assembly without sacrificein strength or r;- gidity. Other objects attachments,

and advantages characterfully apparent from the. detailed descriptionhere inafter of one example of the invention, the description havingreference to the accompanying drawings, whereof:

Fig. I is an end view of a gondola car embodying my invention.

Fig. 11 is a sde elevation of one end of the car.

Fig. In is a plan view of the same.

Fig. IV is a longitudinal sectional view of the end of the car showingthe adaptation.

ot-the end gate for use as a bridge supported at one end on the end sillof the car and provided at this end with a special form of attachmentengaging a flange of the end sill to limit the outward movement of theend gate. 4

Fig. V shows a modified form of attachment for the end gate tofacilitate its use as a bridge in the manner shown in Fig. IV.

Fig. V1 is an enlarged end view of a corner casting generally similar tothat shown in Fig; I but modified to facilitate the attachment of handbrake gear.

Fig. VII is a side elevation of the hand brake corner casting shown inF1 g Fig. VIII is a cross section of the hand i is. formed at the ledge14 supporting the web 15 of a; Z-bar 16 1931. Serial No. scones.

brake corner casting taken as indicated by the lines VIII-4711 of Fig.VI and Fig. IX is a cross section oi the hand brake corner castin takenas indicated by the lines IXIX 0 Fig. VI.

The car selected for illustration in the drawings is a relatively longlow sided gondola car, the general features of which are described in myco-pending application for U. S. Letters Patent, Serial No. 520,797,filed March 7 1931. is here illustrated comprises generally a can tersill 1, side trusses and corner castings 3 and 4 joining the ends of theside trusses with The center sill 1 isbuilt the center s1ll 1.

That portion of the car which up, according to common practice, of apair of longitudinal beams 5 with outwardly ex tending top and bottomflanges 6 and 7 and a casting 8 secured to the beams '5 at their ends.Housed within the center sill beams 5 there is shown the usual draw barwith a coupler 10 at the end thereof.

Each corner casting 3, 4 comprises a vertical arm 11 constituting anend-post formmg the terminus of a side truss and a horizontal arm 12joined to the top of the center sill and constitntin for the car body.ach casting 3, 4 is sub stantially of box shaped section-relativelystrong at the corner or bend and decreasing in thickness from thecorneror bend towards a part of an end sill the ends of the arms 11and'12, the diminishing thickness being more pronounced in thehorizontal arm 12 which terminates in a narrow ledge 13 with an inclinedsurface fit ting against and riveted to a to flange 6 of a center sillbeam 5, I

The vertical arm of each corner casting 3, top with a horizontal whichforms the top chord of a side truss.

scent to the ledge ii there is a recess 17 winch is formed to receivethe downturned flange 18 of the Z-bar 16. A flange 19 ex:

- tending longitudinally of the car from an mner side of the verticalarm or" each :corner casting 3, 4 is riveted tcthe end of aside wall 29.An additional flange r21 amending transversely of the car from an innerside of the vertical arm 11 serves as an abutment pler operating at 22rests when the gate is in its normal position. This flange 21 isprovided with an openingat23topermittheendgate22to be used as a bridgein a manner as hereinafter described; At its bottom end the flange 19 ofeachvertical arm 11 is oflset as shown at area for accomm'o 24 toprovide a truss. In the present exam le of my invention there is alsoriveted to e bottom of the vertical arm 11 a side step 26; and above theside step there is provi prising rungs 27 attached byrivets at theirends to a bracket 28 on the one side and to perforated v 29 on the otherside which cast integrally with thev corner memben 3 1 y The horizontalarm 12 of each corner casting 3 includes an inwardly projecting floorflange 30 to which the floor plates 31 of the car areriveted, and anupstanding flan 46 which acts as an abutment against whic the end gate22 rests. Verticalribs 57 serve to brace or stiffen the upstandingflange 46 and the floor flange 30. Atqthe corner the floor flan 30 joinsthe inwardly extending verticafflange 58 of the corner post. Within eachhorizontal arm 12 there IS a cavity at 2 bounded at its ends by verticalwebs 32, serving as legs, with elongated dia nal as clearly shown inFig. I.

e cavity 2 is of such size as to receive therein the. arms 34 of aU-shaped link 35. The links 35 are pivoted to the corner castings 3, 4by means a bolt 36 which passes through the slotted webs 32 and theexpanded ends of the link arms 34 and which may be retained in place bya pin 37. The links 35 are in be released at the to byswinging thelatches 82 upward about e -shaped bolts 41 as pivots.

-At one side of the car, the corner casting 3 is formed with an angularprotuberance 42 extending downward at the corner which protuberanceaflords a bearin for the free end of a coupler 0 rating r 43. The conisengaged between op sitelugs 44 formed thereon and is restrained I g toutward movement by a cotter'Pini 45. By forming the lugs 44 integrallywith the corner member 3, the necessity of resorting to a se arateattachment for supporting the free en of the coupler operating rod 43 iseliminated.

When it is desired to use the end gate 22 dating the end of a -ttomchord of a side ed a ladder comwhic are adapted to catch turn attachedbymeans of brackets 38 to the downward to the car floor or to be 8 as abridge to span the space between the end of the car and a platform orthe floor of another car, this may be accomplished as shown in Fig. IV,by first detaching the end gate at top and bottom, and then sliding itin a horizontal position outward from the car floor. The and gate willbe permitted to pass through the openings 23 in the 21 of the verticalarms 11 of the corner castings 3,

4 and will rest upon the flanges'46 of the horizontal arms 12. thisposition the bottom of the end gate becomes the outer end of the bridge,and the links which normally act as hinges may conveniently be used ashandlm. The top of the end' which becomes the inner end of the ispreferably provided with clips 47 itilpon the edge of a movement of theflan 46 and thus limit the bri go in an outward direction; or the andgate may be provided with a modified form of clip 47a, as shown in Fig.V of U- shaped section with 10 48 and 49 serving as sto on each side 0the flange 46.

In igs VI and VII, there is shown a modified form of corner casting 3adesigned for use at a hand brake corner. The casting includes a verticalarm 11a and a horizontal arm 12a substantially similar to the arms ofthe corner castings herein described. At the as corner, however, thecasting 3a is provided with an opening 50 adapted to'accommodate a bellcrank lever formin part of the brake rigging. To afl'ord a fulcrum forthe bell crank lever on the walls 51 adjacent to the opening 50,machinedbosses 52 with holes 53 therethrougb are provided near the top of,

the openi 50. On the vertical arm 1110, there are :iditio nal ogenin 54and a machined surface'55 wit a p 56, this arrangement facilitating theattachment of various parts of the hand brake rig- It will beparticularly noted that the 001'.

ner members 3, 4 and 3a are substantially no complete in themselves andrequire a minimum of separate attachments to be applied thereon when thecar is assembled. F urthermore, the vertical arms 11 being configured toreceive the ends of the top and bottom us:

chords and webs of the side trusses, and the horizontal arms 12 beingjoined to the center 7 sill, the stresses imposed upon the side trussesare directl communicated at the car corners e corner castings. Whensuperno through t imposed loads are carried on the top chords of theside tmes, outward bending of they vertical arms 11 of the cornermembers is resisted by the engagement of the ledges 13 of the horizontalarms 12 beneath the projecting top flanges 6 of the center sill.

While I have described my invention with reference to an embodimentthereof in a particular type of freight car, and while I have referredat some length to the details of a.

urality of holes 108 that certain features of the invention may be usedto advantage without a correspondthereto.

truss,

features.

ing use of other described my Having thus claim:

1. In a railway car,

dad a corner member in the form of an angle having a vertical arm formedwith flanged and recessed portions ada ted to receive the end of theside truss an constituting an 'end post, and having a transverselyextending horizontal arm with its inner end terminating at the centersill a v d secured invention, 1

2. In a railway car, side trusses, agate at the ends of said sidetrusses, and corner members having vertical ortions secured to said sidetrusses and forming end posts and having transversely extendinghorizontal portions i to said center. sill, opposite form of anglesmembers havforming an end sill, said corner for holding ing flangesserving as abutments the end gate in position.' i

3. In a railway car, a corner member in the form of an angle having onearm adapted to serve as an end post and another arm-adapted to serve asan end sill, said corner member being substantially reinforced atthebend and decreasing in thickness towards the ends of said arms.

l. lna railway car, a center sill, and a corner casting in the form ofan angle having a vertical arm adapted to serve as an end post for aside truss and to said center sill, said horizontal arm having aprotuberance thereon extending downward at the corner and formed toafford a bearing for a coupler operating rod.

51111 a railway car, a center sill, and a corner casting in the form ofan angle having a vertical arm adapted to serve as an end post for aside truss and a horizontal arm jome said horizontal arm having lugsformed thereon afiording a bearing for a coupler operating rod.

6. In a railway car, corner castings in the having vertical arms adaptedto serve as end posts for side trusses and orizontal arms adapted toserve as an end sill, said legs having flanges affording abutments forholding an'end gate in position with recessed areas in said flangespermitting the end gate to be passed therethrough when used as a bridge.

7. In a railway car, a removable end gate,

' corner Castings having vertical and horizontal flanged arms adaptedend posts and parts am where y the end gate may be passed a center sill,a side a horizontal arm joined p 1 said center sill ing a longitudinallyextending fiange'ad horizontal arm 3 ness towards the end of the sidethrough said bridge supported on the end sill.

8. In a railway car, corner castings having vertical and horizontalflanged arms adapted to serve respectivemodate the ends of top andbottom chords of a side truss, and having a longitudinal flange adaptedfor attachment to the side wall of the car, said casting having aprojecting boss thereon adapted to receive one end of a side ladderrung. I

10. In a railway car, anend post compris ing a casting adapted forattachment to the end of a side truss and including a pr'o'ectingperforated boss afiording a seat for e end of a side ladder rung.

11. In a railway car, an angular corner member of substantially boxshaped section having a vertical arm "forming the terminus of a sidetruss and a horizontal arm constituting an end sill.

. 12. In a railway car, a flanged center sill, and a corner member inthe form of an angle having one arm adapted to serve as an end. 0st, andhaving another arm with a ledge at the end thereof engaged beneath aflange or the center sill and oined thereto. 13. in a. railway car, aflanged center sill an angular corner member having a vertica armforming the terminus of a side truss, and a transversely extendinghorizontal arm formed at its end to fit against a flange-of and beingattached thereto. 14. in a railway car, an end post of substantiallybox-shaped section formed at its top to accommodate a side truss topchord in the-sha e of a Z-bar and recessed at the inner si e near thebottom to accommodate a side truss bottom chord in the form of avertically disposed-flat plate, said post hava ted for attachment to thesaid wall of the ciir.

15. In a railway car,

arm terminus oi a side truss, and a 'oined at its end to the centersill, said horizontal arm decreasing in thickcenter sill. 16.131 arailway car, a center sill, a side trnss,-and a corner member ofsubstantially shaped section comprising a vertic forming the box-shapedsection and in the form of an I having a vertical arm secured to theangle truss and constitutmg an end rough w en used as a bridge, n 2

corner castings when used as a a removable end gate,

a center sill, and an angular corner member of substantialg boxandhaving a transversely extendi orizontal arm secured to the center sillan constituting an end sill, said corner member. n"

having an openindg therein adapted to house parts of the ban brake gearof the car.

v 17. In a railway car, a center sill, a side truss, and a corner memberof substantially box-shaped section and inthe form of an angle having avertical arm secured to the 1 '1 end of the'side-truss and constitutingan endv goat, and having a transversely extend:

crizontal arm secured to the center sill an constituting an end sill,said corner member.

- having an opening therein and perforated a walls adjacent to saidopening affording a v fulcrum for. a brake lever.-

" 18. Acne-piece metal our end castin comprising a corner post and ahorizon arm, and apertnred hinge lugs arranged on said 19. A one-piecemetal car end castin comprising 'a corner post and a horizonta arm, saidarm having a floor flange projecting inwardly therefrom and braced byribs.

, 20. A one-piece metal car end castin comprising a corner post and ahorizonta arm, said post being provided with an inwardly extendingvertlcal flange, a horizontal floor flange projecting inwardly from saidarm so; and joined to the flange of the corner post, and ribsreinforcing said floor flange.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto 'sl ed my name at Altoona,Pennsylvania,.

this 25th da oi Februarv 1931.

so LIAM F. KlESEL, JR.

